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Date: 8/28/2010 1:35:48 AM
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aftergroup demo, is is the same? need 3 points to fully scout a player?



You need 2 extra points to do the interview. This option is the same as scouting the player once (equivalent to 1 pt each).
is the interview uncover the age and height as well as grade and potential? or only combine will show the age and height?

From: 7ton

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Date: 8/28/2010 3:59:11 AM
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Given the number of times this has been asked, I don't think the BBs want to give out this information, but would rather it be part of what we as players work with and around. For what it is worth, I asked my league if anyone had the same heights for their first five guys (since my just posting the heights provided no real help to anyone, including myself, regardless of the answer) and was told by another that he did not have the same heights for his first five players. That tells me that each team does get a different order to the baseline ratings.
Nice work. So this means if you do group demo and find good prospect, he might be on top of anther team which pick before you!
better go for combine and choose from the whole list using age and height.

Aim a little lower. Ignore the 5 balls and focus on the 4 balls. 4 balls ability with 4 balls or higher potential are still very good prospects. Let the rest of your league do the 5 balls!

Last edited by 7ton at 8/28/2010 4:01:54 AM

From: abigfishy

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Date: 8/28/2010 4:14:16 AM
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i think this system is much much better than the old one but let me do a pmi

plus - if you are picking early you have a much much better chance of getting a player that is suitable for your team

minus - in this system it is much more difficult to find players with high potential - potential will be a crapshoot

interesting - you might think you have found a hidden gem, a guy who your scouts thought was 1 ball but who turned out to be a 5 ball, 5 potential 18 year old, surely no-one else will have found him - wrong everyones initial list is different and he may well have been the top on some inactive bots draft list

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Date: 8/28/2010 8:40:30 AM
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is the interview uncover the age and height as well as grade and potential? or only combine will show the age and height?

According to the write-up on the Edit Draft page, an interview will give you age and height as well as grade and potential:
Interviewed: Your scouts have invited this player to a workout at your team's facilities. Along with all of the information you have learned from the initial scouting, you now have a very good understanding of this player's current skills (grade rating) and potential abilities. You also discover how tall the player is and whether he is 18 or 19 years old. Interviewing a player uses an additional 2 scouting points.

The combine gives the age and height for all the players in the draft, but if you want to interview more players you can skip the combine and still have full information on every player you bring in for an interview.

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154960.469 in reply to 154960.1
Date: 8/28/2010 12:55:17 PM
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I believe it's a good new system, and certainly better than the previous one. Because now, it requires more interaction from the manager. And you have to make good moves and scout the right players.
One negative point though : i think everyone should be awarded more draft points, because too few points are given out.
But for the rest, it's a very good system.


grtz,
-eagle-

From: Kukoc

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Date: 8/28/2010 12:57:37 PM
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I think less points are actually good. If you do not invest in scouting, you are drafting blindly.

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Date: 8/28/2010 12:59:11 PM
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agreed. there should be an element of luck and strategy to scouting your next draft pick... more points would reduce this.

just imho

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Date: 8/28/2010 1:15:47 PM
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More points would give to much advantage to those with a better draft pick. There has to be some hope for people picking later in the draft.

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Date: 8/28/2010 1:22:25 PM
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How would you guys/gals feel about being able to sell draft rights on the TL? Maybe the sale would include an x amount of scouting points that has not been used by the owner. Once he puts it up for sale, he can longer use 'em to scout players. Teams will be able to move up and down the draft chart so maybe a sale can only be made during the POs. Basically, you're drafting a player that's not in your league. This might boost TL activity during the playoffs since players aren't sold as often during that time.

I know this should be in the suggestions thread but I just want to flesh out the idea first to see if there are major drawbacks.

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